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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

that's right: into their UI; with free software, you could use a different UI with no ads

[–] pathief 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Serious question: how can YouTube pay the bills with zero ads? I'm not talking about making a profit, just breaking even.

[–] raspberriesareyummy 2 points 3 months ago

which is basically what we do using ublock origin - and then they inject ads directly into the video stream, and a custom UI wouldn't help.